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AI visibility, GEO & SGE: frequently asked questions
What is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)?
GEO is the practice of making your website easy for AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews) to find, read and cite. Where SEO optimizes for a list of blue links, GEO optimizes for being the answer an AI gives when someone asks for a business like yours.
What are Google AI Overviews (SGE), and why should a local business care?
Google increasingly answers searches directly with an AI-generated summary above the classic results (formerly called SGE). If your site can't be read and understood by these systems, your competitors get named in the answer, and you don't.
How do I know if ChatGPT can read my website?
Two things must be true: your robots.txt must not block AI search crawlers like OAI-SearchBot or PerplexityBot, and your content must exist as real HTML text rather than appearing only after JavaScript runs. The free check above tests both in seconds.
Should I block AI crawlers like GPTBot?
Distinguish two kinds. Blocking TRAINING crawlers (GPTBot, Google-Extended, CCBot) is a legitimate opt-out from model training and does not hurt your visibility. Blocking SEARCH crawlers (OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, PerplexityBot) makes you invisible in AI answers, usually a mistake for a business that wants customers.
What is llms.txt and do I need one?
llms.txt is an emerging convention: a short markdown file at yourdomain.com/llms.txt summarizing who you are, what you offer and where the key pages live. It costs minutes, may help AI systems represent you accurately, and can't hurt: a sensible low-effort addition, not a magic ranking switch.
Does structured data (schema.org) help AI recommend my business?
Yes. JSON-LD structured data (especially LocalBusiness with opening hours, address and services) gives AI systems verifiable facts to cite instead of guesses. It's also what search engines use for rich results, so the same markup works twice.
Why does JavaScript-only content hurt AI visibility?
Most AI crawlers fetch your HTML but never execute JavaScript. If your pages arrive empty and only fill in client-side, those systems literally see a blank page. Server-side rendering or static HTML fixes it.
GEO vs SEO: what is the difference?
SEO earns you a position in a results list; GEO earns you a mention in the answer itself. They overlap heavily (fast, crawlable, well-structured content helps both), but GEO adds machine-readable facts, question-form content and explicit AI-crawler access.
How can a local business appear in AI answers?
Make the basics machine-readable: allow AI search crawlers, add LocalBusiness structured data, answer real customer questions in text on your pages, keep hours, address and services as plain HTML, and stay fast and mobile-friendly. That is exactly the checklist this free tool tests.
Is this check really free?
Yes, the checks above run free and without signup. The full ScanToPitch.com report (AI design review, the complete prioritised problem list, contact data, a ready-to-send pitch mail, and the same analysis for every competitor nearby) is part of the paid product, which you can start free.